the weekend

Wednesday, June 16, 2010

You know what last weekend was? TNNA, where like pastyears, my mother and sister and I had an awesome girls weekend. I saw some amazing yarn, and MANY sweaters I would love to knit.Check out this display at blue sky alpacas. Can you stand it? All those beautiful hand knits! I wanted to move right in. Posters and all. (Would love to make that sweater in the top right.)Spud & Chloe. I know. Cute, cute, cute. (How about that baby and pattern in the poster!)Classic Elite. One of my all time favorite booths to check out. SO many great patterns for the fall. I am in love with that sweater up there. That one over there. The one with the purple shirt under it. I know! I would love to make it.Amy Butler. Did you know she has a line of organic yarn? Yep. And a pattern book to boot. Chalked full of beautiful things. (I wanted to move right in here, too.)Veronik Avery. Veronik has another new book out. Filled with fabulous projects from small to large.

And guess what? She gave me a signed copy to give to one of my readers. If you are interested, leave me a comment by Saturday the 19th at 12 p.m. EST. I'll draw a name.

Oh, happy knitting.

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I have been test knitting for Blue Sky Alpaca, and my friend Merri is the graphic designer for them. That booth looks just like their headquarters here in Minnesota. It's all light and airy and full of creative energy.Someday I have to finagle a visit to TNNA it looks like a hoot!

count me in for the giveaway!i feel envious when i see how well knitting is embraced over in america. here it's still taking it's time to become fashionable :(i wish i could have been there in person.lx

I wondered if you went this year. I told my LYS owner to look for you! She told me that she might not have time because she was going to be busy buying Malibrigo! Throw my name into the bucket please! I would love to win.

Thanks for sharing your TNNA visit! Looks like you had a great time and I LOVE the pink short-sleeve sweater in the Classic Elite photo. I also love Veronique and would be thrilled to win a copy of her new book. Thanks for the generous giveaway!

A yarn shop always makes me want to go home and spend the day knitting. Love it!You must have had a wonderful time together. I love getting together with my daughter. Would love to win the book, good luck to me.

I would love a shot at the Veronik Avery book! Those socks look comfy! I have cut back on buying any luxuries (knitting books included) in an effort to save every penny for my son's upcoming college tuition...UGH! I have a nice stash of yarn and would love to pick a small project from the book to work on this summer...perhaps a going away gift for my son. Thanks for the offer!

I don't know which part of the weekend would be better--the time with your peeps, the TNNA temptations or the getaway. I will admit that I've noticed my knitting queue grows longer every time I read your blog. :-)

You got some wonderful shots of these booths. At first I thought they were rooms in a house. Beautiful displays and beautiful knits and yes, I'll take that book! But then again I never win anything ( :

Oooooo pick me! I'm a sock fanatic and the socks on the front cover make me feel all faint! Must find out if there is some fabulous yarny event like that somewhere in the North West - it looks delightful.

I've been knitting about 5 years now but I never venture far from starter projects. Looking at some of these beautiful yards & designs really tempts be to break out & try more challenging projects. Thanks for the inspiration :)

Veronik Avery is the reason I started knitting...so that I would be able to understand the strange code the pattern for the lace ribbon scarf was written in. I still haven't knit that scarf, but at least I now understand how to do it!

I like the sound of a book with large and small projects - where I live, it´s hot all year round, and I sometimes struggle to come up with viable knitting projects. Maybe there are some ideas in there that could work?

what a fun place to visit! thank you for sharing all those pictures with your readers. It gave me some cute ideas for my knitting corner at home. And I would love to win that book! thanks for running the contest.